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Overview

General Matter is a company focused on enriching uranium to provide low-cost nuclear fuel for advanced technologies. The Summer 2027 Internship in Mechanical Engineering offers hands-on experience in designing, building, and testing mechanical structures for enrichment technology.

Responsibilities

  • Support the design of mechanisms and mechanical structures for testing and/or enrichment.
  • Experience the entire product lifecycle including requirements definition, design, development, qualification, and release to production.
  • Support optimization of designs for cost, performance, and manufacturability.
  • Contribute to testing hardware through thermal, vibe, shock, durability, etc.
  • Perform root-cause analysis on test failures and develop hardware mitigations.
  • Work closely with electrical, software, manufacturing, and nuclear engineers to ensure designs are effectively integrated with overall system requirements.

Requirements

  • Current undergraduate or graduate student pursuing a degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
  • Hands-on experience with mechanical design, prototyping, or analysis of structural or mechanism components.
  • Familiarity with CAD tools (NX, SolidWorks, or similar) and exposure to FEA or engineering coding languages like Python or MATLAB.
  • Collaborative team member who thrives in fast-paced, multidisciplinary environments and is eager to learn.
  • Strong understanding of engineering fundamentals.

Additional Information

  • Ability to work extended hours and weekends as necessary.
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How this job compares in Torrance, CA

Pay in context

At roughly $35/hr, this posting comes in about 17% below the $42/hr median for welding jobs in Torrance, CA, where the middle half runs $35–$80/hr across 16 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 25% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. That gap is worth raising directly — in a market this size there is normally room to negotiate toward the median, particularly if you already hold the certifications the posting asks for.

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